21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2027)
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Opportunity 21MP-FY27
≈ 8 awards expected
Who can apply
- Others
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.
About this opportunity
The 21st Century Museum Professionals (21MP) grant program supports projects that build career pathways, strengthen professional networks, and identify and share effective workforce education and training practices in the museum field.
Award history — 21st Century Museum Professional Program (Assistance Listing 45.032)
This program made 8 new awards in FY2025.
Across the 16 most recent awards. Total obligations, not per-year.
New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. Institute of Museum and Library Services does not publish how many applications it receives, so a true success rate cannot be computed for this program — no one can honestly sell you that number.
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